{
  "id": 15158936,
  "title": "India's 'cockroach' movement founder arrested after detention, media reports say",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/indias-cockroach-movement-founder-arrested-after-detention-media-15158936",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T08:37:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2037811/indias-cockroach-movement-founder-arrested-after-detention-media-reports-say"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Indian “cockroach” movement founder Abhijeet Dipke has been arrested by police in Delhi, following a protest that drew hundreds of supporters demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. The youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and opposition groups have been protesting the revision of voter lists, which they claim favors Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Over 130 million voters were deleted during the revision, a move the Election Commission denies favoring any party. Dipke was arrested on Friday to prevent a breach of the peace and will appear before a Special Executive Magistrate on Saturday. The protests have also seen other prominent activists, including student activist Neha Bora, detained and later released.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
        "title": "India’s ‘Cockroach’ Movement Founder Arrested after Detention, Media Reports Say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/indias-cockroach-movement-founder-arrested-after-detention-media",
        "published": "2026-10-17T08:23:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}